Strange ‘whistling’ sound from inside Saturn

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Scientists have been left stumped by the eerie “whistling” sounds beamed back to Earth from inside Saturn’s rings. Listen to the strange sound here… Courtesy: JPLraw/NASA

This view was taken from a vantage point about 28 degrees above Saturn’s equator. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 2, 2016, with a combination of spectral filters which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infra-red light centred at 728 nanometres. Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

THE sound collected by a spacecraft passing between Saturn and its rings has been beamed back to Earth — and it’s left scientists a little perplexed.

Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft dived between Saturn and its innermost ring — an area no man-made object has visited before.

Scientists were excited to hear what Cassini had to offer, but were surprised to be met with an eerie silence. The space between the planet Saturn and its rings seems to be “relatively dust- free”, a surprise which meant that all scientists could hear was an eerie “whistling” sound.

NASA posted an audio file online, so you can hear what was beamed back from inside Saturn.

This unprocessed NASA handout image released April 27, 2017, shows features in Saturn’s atmosphere from closer than ever before.Source:AFP

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